Northwest Missouri State Bearcats

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Northwest Missouri State Bearcats
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UniversityNorthwest Missouri State University
ConferenceThe MIAA
NCAADivision II
Athletic directorAndy Peterson
LocationMaryville, Missouri
Varsity teams14
Football stadiumBearcat Stadium
Basketball arenaBearcat Arena
MascotBobby the Bearcat
NicknameBearcat
ColorsBearcat green and white[1]
   
Websitebearcatsports.com

The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats are the athletic teams for Northwest Missouri State University, located in Maryville, Missouri. The Bearcats play in the NCAA Division II. Northwest is a founding member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 1912 and has remained in the conference ever since. From their founding until 1937, they competed in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). From 1937 to 1957, they competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics before joining NCAA Division II. Northwest has appeared in ten Division II football title games (winning six) since 1998. The men's basketball team appeared in an AAU title game in 1930, and won the Division II title in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022.

Sports sponsored

MIAA logo in Northwest Missouri State's colors
Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Cross country Golf
Football Soccer
Tennis Softball
Track and field1 Tennis
Track and field1
Volleyball
1 – includes both indoor and outdoor

Football

Main article: Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football

The Bearcats have appeared in ten NCAA Division II national title games (and won six) since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.[2]

Basketball

Men's basketball

Main article: Northwest Missouri State Bearcats men's basketball

Northwest has won four national titles (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022) and appeared in another two Elite Eights (2002, 2004).[3] Northwest was ranked #1 in 2020 going into the playoffs to defend its title but the playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[4]

Women's basketball

Head coach Michael Smith finished his second season at Northwest Missouri State after the 2014–15 season, with a total record of 18–37.[5] Since 1971, the women's basketball team has a combined record of 667–533.[6]

Softball

The Bearcat softball team appeared in one Women's College World Series in 1975.[7]

Facilities

Bearcat Stadium

Main article: Bearcat Stadium
Bearcat Stadium

Bearcat Stadium (formerly "Memorial Stadium" and "Rickenbrode Stadium") is the football stadium of the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats in Maryville, Missouri and is the oldest continuous site for any NCAA Division II school.[8] The stadium was originally opened in 1917 as Memorial Stadium. It has a capacity of 6,500 and had lights and FieldTurf installed in the summer of 2007.

Bearcat Arena

Main article: Bearcat Arena

The Arena is in Lamkin Activity Center, a part of the Ryland Milner Complex and is located between Bearcat Stadium on the west and the Martindale Gymnasium and the Robert P. Foster Aquatic Center on the east.[9]

References

  1. ^ Northwest Missouri State Bearcats Athletics Graphic Standards (PDF). February 8, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Northwest Missouri State University - Football Year by Year Results". bearcatsports.com.
  3. ^ "Northwest Missouri State University - MBB NCAA Postseason History". bearcatsports.com.
  4. ^ "Division II tournament, MIAA spring sports canceled due to coronavirus".
  5. ^ "Northwest Missouri State University - Staff Directory". bearcatsports.com.
  6. ^ "Northwest Missouri State University - Women's Basketball Coaching Records". bearcatsports.com.
  7. ^ Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
  8. ^ Northwest Missouri State University. "Northwest Museums". nwmissouri.edu.
  9. ^ "Northwest Missouri State University - Bearcat Arena". bearcatsports.com.